Officials Bring In Outside Help To Stave Off Financial Collapse Of Sebastopol’s Hospital
Palm Drive Health Care District, which provides funding and oversight for the hospital, has hired consultants to stabilize the hospital. “They’ve taken on hospitals in the heart of Los Angeles, in some of the most underserved communities, I would say, in America and made those hospitals successful in pretty short order," says Dan Smith, president of the board of directors of the nonprofit Sonoma West Medical Center.
The Press Democrat:
Palm Drive Health Care District Hires Outside Management
In the latest move to save Sebastopol’s hospital from financial collapse, hospital district officials have handed over executive, financial and administrative responsibilities to an outside consultant with expertise in stablizing hospitals and making them profitable. On Friday, at a special meeting of the Palm Drive Health Care District, which provides funding and oversight for the hospital, board members approved a subcontract between the current hospital management group, Sonoma West Medical Center, and Pipeline Health, which owns and operates four hospitals in the Los Angeles area, as well as a university-owned hospital in Washington, D.C. (Espinoza, 7/8)
In other hospital news —
East Bay Times:
Berkeley City Council Resolution Would Oppose Hospital Closure
Three City Council members are seeking to undo plans by Sutter Health to close its Alta Bates campus.
Councilmen Max Anderson, Jesse Arreguin and Kriss Worthington are sponsoring a draft resolution on the July 12 council agenda that opposes Sutter Health's stated plan to cease operations at Alta Bates sometime between 2018 and 2030, and asks the city to identify opportunities to seismically retrofit the hospital. Alta Bates, at 2450 Ashby Ave., houses an acute care facility and emergency department. (Lochner, 7/8)